INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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This paper deals with the exploration and justification of archetypes in post-apocalyptic Fiction I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The novel is fully composed of different types of archetypes. The archetypes are symbols, primordial image, character or pattern of circumstances that recurs through out literature. The World portrayed in the novel composed of many archetypes is also justified in the movie adopted from this novel in 2007. This post- apocalyptic Fiction comes under the vampire literature which has most influence in the modern world. This paper focuses on the archetypical components mainly placed in both the movie and the novel. Even the Protagonist in the novel is justified as one of the main archetypes in the movie. The Protagonist surviving lonely without a flipping mind actualizes The Self. The Self-Similar to Self- Actualization, the Self represents a unified personality, attainable through a process called individuation. The apocalyptic world and the vampire literature in the novel is also an inspiration for other sci-fi novels. The archetypical portrayal of the apocalyptic world is revealing the futuristic world ravaged by a pandemic. The manifestation of memories ultimately is known as archetypes it deals with the personas that have universal meaning across time. It is ultimately represented across the novel. The world with a apocalyptic time changes a man drastically. The destructive qualities take the end part. The paper postulates the justification of the new archetypes and exploration of these things in accordance with the movie based on the sci-fi post-apocalyptic world novel.
Keywords:
post apocalypse, self-actualization, pandemic, vampires, new world.
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"Exploring archetypes in post-apocalyptic Fiction: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.7, Issue 11, page no.60-62, November-2022, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRDB001016.pdf
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